Barca is stuck in the Messi show. No doubt he is an exceptional talent but people so easily forget, most of his goals were in relation to Xavi and Iniesta in their prime. Barca is build on one style of play "Messi will pass the ball and then he will make the run, you GIVE THE BALL back to him to score". If you dare try something else you will be benched or kicked-out. Barca's lack of respect for top talent is costing them bigtime.

Zlatan shows up, teaches Barca, its not Messi that wins the games, but the number of goals you score against any opponent. The guy starts scoring right, left, and center. Messi passes the ball to Zlatan, and did his run as usual, but Zlatan just kicked the ball in the net. Heheehehehe.... Messi looked shocked and pissed. Zlatan stole the spot light away from Messi, but you see what happened, Pep starts to bench him even after his impact in big games. But what Zlatan did is a life lesson "If your good at something never put yourself down and stand up for yourself". Alexis did not do that and kept with Barca, and it took a long time to get back to his style.

Neymar is in the same spot as Zlatan, but unlike him, Neymar is trying to be diplomatic, giving the ball away so Messi can score, the link-up is not working as well as Messi-Xavi-Iniesta. But whats working is Neymar getting on the scoreboard on his own. Unlike Zlatan, Neymar comes from a country where football is everything, so Barca cannot pull the old stunts, of lets bench Neymar. Not to forget, the real gangster showed up, Suarez, a player that can start counter attack and build the game from the defence, and using some average Joe. Heheheheh

Enrique, is trying so hard to move the team away from the past, but seems like the management does not want to move pass Messi, so well keep loosing games and live in the past.

As for Real, their strategy is very simple "Lets keep throwing money on the team". So lets take- James Rodriguez £60m, Toni Kroos £20m, Gareth Bale £85m, Luka Modric £30m, and umm Daniel Carvajal £5m, oh we definitely need Isco €30 million. So, you end up building another team Real Madrid+ and get all pumped up when Rolando scores. Hope Gareth Bale does not become like kaka.

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1 year ago

If you don't think that Barca deserved a penalty against City then you're a biased moron

Thanks for the link it was an amazing game. I wish Valencia plays good nowdays. I always liked their style of football used to be a regular in champions league. Thanks man for your good gesture to share this link.

Are you a Bolton Wanderers fan; what happen to them? I don't hear much about them or see any highlights here. I don't get a chance to follow the league in detail; are they in the Premiership division?

Thanks to footytube I get to see a glimpse of things happening in football